TripIt | Organize Your Travel
Get all of your trip info in one place with TripIt. A new service that automatically organizes all your travel plans into one master online itinerary – including travel confirmations, daily weather, local maps, city guides and more. A great way to streamline all your travel docs.
14 Numbers Your Cell Phone Can’t Live Without.
A great list of numbers we should all put in our cell phones. From Police and Fire Departments non-emergency numbers to the your local Pizza place. Their all here.
Kathryn at DaringYoungMom.com recently showed off this moment of drunken inspiration. It’s the dirt cheap trash can for your car. Sure, we’re mocking it a little, but rest assurred, we’ll be sportin’ one of these bad boys in the Family Hack urban assault vehicle. Follow these intstructions to contruct your own.
INSTRUCTIONS
Step 1: Thread the handles of a plastic grocery bag over the arm rests of the front seats.
Behold the finest food storage containers on planet earth. The IKEA 365+ Food Saver. The big deal here is the lids. The containers are available in four sizes, but the lids are all the same size. No more frustrating searches for the one lid that fits. But wait…there’s more plastic perfection.
Clear Lids for Easy Identification of Contents
Rubberized Easy-Grip Edge
Stackable
Built-In Steam Vent
Dishwasher & Microwave Safe
Cost: $2.00 to $5.00
Finally, don’t let the low price fool you. These tubs are heavy duty. By far the most substantial containers we own. Bravo IKEA! You’re always exceeding our expectations.
So far, we’ve learned about getting the best deals on accomodations and how to travel with the kids. Now, let’s look at two free tools that will keep your business humming while you’re living the jet-set mobile lifestyle…or just working at home in your skivvies.
An amazing trick! Our 1-minute video shows you how to easily retrieve anything that went down the drain…without a pipe wrench or a plumber.
UPDATE: You must use a Wet/Dry shop vacuum. In the video, I casually mentioned "any vacuum will do". I hadn’t had my coffee yet and was clearly in "morning moron mode".
As we packed for our return home from San Diego, I shot this 1-minute video showing one of the ways we use packing cubes to stay sane when we travel. The cubes we use are eBags’ Packing Cubes.Similar products include Rick Steves’ Cubesand these clear front cubes from Lewis N. Clark.So, click your buns off and start taming the travel clutter.
While screwing around trying to avoid real work, I stumbled upon this great post on Unclutterer.com. I was instantly reminded of the everyday stuff that our kids like to play with. I just love it when somebody makes me realize stuff I already know. It’s SO much easier than actually learning something new.
We are a family with three small kids figuring out how to travel the world, work from anywhere while home schooling our kids. We also blather on about life hacks, saving money and cool stuff we love. Snarky bios of each cast member are here.
Similar products include 
